Mark Freedman

Spear’s Review

Mark Freedman joined Osbornes Law’s family department on qualification in 1994 and currently heads up the firm’s family law team.

A member of Resolution and a trained mediator, he specialises in high-profile and HNW divorces, as well as complex financial matters involving overseas assets and trusts. Freedman has acted for celebrities and HNWs before the Central Family Court and the High Court, achieving numerous wins. He has also run a number of cases in the Court of Appeal.

It is not just Freedman’s technical prowess that has attracted clients to his door, however. He tells Spear’s that his clients value his discretion, availability and honesty, and the fact that he makes sure to tell them when they have a bad case, ‘as well as whether they’ve got a good case’.

Notable cases

• The Mother v The Father [2023] EWFC 182
  
• YC v ZC [2022] EWFC 137 (B)

Adviser Profile

Mark Freedman’s clients include high-profile personalities, property billionaires, CFOs and entrepreneurs. He specialises in ‘highly contested’, high-value divorce proceedings involving complex financial proceedings, off-shore trusts and global assets. His caseload also includes multi-jurisdictional family breakups (with an emphasis on Europe and the Middle East) and children cases.

Freedman has earned himself a reputation as a tough negotiator both in and out of court. Clients comment that he is a ‘dynamic and highly experienced family lawyer who fights extremely hard for his clients and is always in their corner, thus ensuring loyalty and confidence. In a trial, you would always want him on your side’.